convenience store

noun

: a small often franchised market that is open long hours

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Burbank has an independent video game store, a board game store, a vintage toy store, a year-round Halloween store, the Horror Boodega convenience store and two comic book stores, Reifenberg said. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026 Most of the subway system’s newsstands and walk-in convenience stores closed during the pandemic, and many never reopened. — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2026 Cole was sentenced to four years in April for a convenience store robbery in the Bronx, and the Manhattan Federal Court judge in that case requested he be placed in a medical facility to get mental health treatment. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026 Fiddler allegedly carried out five additional armed robberies at sites such as smoke shops, motels and convenience stores, authorities added. — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for convenience store

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of convenience store was in 1965

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convenience store

noun
: a small market that is open many hours

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